Just Enjoy The Moment
My favorite tweet last week (click image for original Twitter source): Sometimes we just need to enjoy the moment, and record it in our memories Instead of our devices. #PopeinNYC…
A Cookie By Any Other Name Would Still Soften The Bowels
Naming things can be difficult. I get that. Too little thought and we risk something dumb. (Like the title of this blog post.) Still, when I…
Curl Me Up, Stick Me In A Pod, And Turn Me Into A Tree
Two Italian designers have come up with an intriguing idea: when you die your remains are placed inside a biodegradable capsule, buried in the ground, and…
The Bechdel Test: Does The Fiction You Read Or Watch Pass?
True or false: My teenage sons love when I point out gender inequality or lack of diversity in movies to them, especially when I pause the DVD…
You Two Are Related? How Siblings Can Be So Different
As a mother, pediatrician, and sister, I recognize all too well how different siblings can be. One brother might be a bookworm, the other a jock.…
What? You Don’t Like That? Are You Weird Or Something?
We all have things we like but probably shouldn’t: cheesy novels, mindless TV, chocolate chip cookies the size of our heads. But what about those things…
How Grey’s Anatomy Gets It Wrong
Recently I was in Seattle for a memorial service. Not the happiest of occasions, but I saw family I hadn’t seen in years and visited a…
